In an era of Europe’s natural capital being under increased cumulative pressure, RECONECT will stimulate a new culture of co-creation of ‘land use planning’ that links the reduction of hydro-meteorological risk with local and regional development objectives in a sustainable and financially viable way.

To do that, RECONECT draws upon a network of carefully selected Demonstrators and Collaborators that cover a wide and diverse range of local conditions, geographic characteristics, institutional/governance structures and social/cultural settings to successfully upscale NBS throughout Europe and Internationally.

To achieve these ambitious goals, the RECONECT consortium brings together an unprecedented transdisciplinary partnership of researchers, industrial partners (SMEs and large consultancies) and authorities/agencies at local and watershed/regional level fully dedicated to achieve the desired outcomes of the project.

Project objectives

RECONECT develops a holistic ecosystem-based framework enabling cross-sectoral/transdisciplinary analyses and evaluation to advance the knowledge of NBS in the context of hydro-meteorological risk reduction focusing on floods, storm surges, landslides and droughts.

RECONECT forms the basis for the proof-of-concept regarding large scale NBS demonstrations by co-creating new cases and connecting to existing cases, and also sharing experiences with European and International collaborators (Network of cases).

RECONECT identifies and assess barriers related to social and cultural acceptance of NBS and policy regulatory frameworks and propose ways to overcome them. In addition, RECONECT liaises and/or clusters with other relevant projects and initiatives.

RECONECT promotes and pursues innovation in relation to evaluation, selection, design, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of NBS (i.e. standardisation) and also in relation to their co-creation through social innovation and active participation of stakeholders.

Project outputs

Holistic ecosystem-based framework

The “ready to use” framework aims to support co-creation and collaboration around using Nature-Based Solutions effectively for reducing hydro-meteorological risks. This framework also integrates monitoring and evaluation which is essential for developing the evidence base for NBS.

Network of cases on NBS applications

Demonstrators and collaborators showcases their co-creation approach to ‘land use planning’ that links the reduction of hydro-meteorological risk with local and regional development objectives in a sustainable and financially viable way.

RECONECT Services Platform

The ICT tool provides real-time information about the performance of NBS and the evidence base to facilitate co-creation and to enable replication and upscaling of NBS.

RECONECT Roadmap for NBS

Lessons learned through RECONECT are synthetized in a comprehensive report to the EC to be used as a roadmap for NBS in Europe and beyond. This supports the uptake of upscaling/ mainstreaming large scale NBS through innovative investment strategies and business models.

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